Building construction



Mar. 3. 1925. 1,528,397

r.A A. BRENNER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 4, 1923 u BY -ATTo RNEYS. i

Patented 3, 1925.

THEODORE A. EENNEB, 0F AMIGO, WISCONSIN. i L

BUILDING consrauc'noiv.

d Application med ctober 4, 1988. Serial No. 868,548.

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnnononn A. Bunnn Nan, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of Anti o, in the county of Lalglade and State of gWisconsin, have invente .new and useful Improvements inA Building Construction, ofv which the followin scription, reference bein had to t e accompanying drawings, whic are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n building construction and more particularly to siding material.

It is one of thev objects of'the present invention to rovide means for constructing a building which will have the appearance exteriorly of being a log cabin.

A further object of the* invention is to permit the use in buildings of slab portions of trees which are 'not usuall of much value. A

A further object of the invention is to provide siding material formed from slabs of sawed or split trees in which the natural roundin of the slab or tree is used as the face, eit er with-or without the bark.

4A further object of the inventionis to provide sidin of the class described which is neatly matc ,ed or ship-lap ed. j

A further object of the invention is to provide siding ma/terial which is of very simple construction, is strong and durable, is inex ensive to manufacture, and is well ada te for the pu ose described.

ith the above an other objects in view, the invention consists of the improved building construction, and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved building construction or siding;

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; ,i

Fig. 3 is a front view thereof, showing the s1ding used in a vertical position;

' Fig. 4 1s a view similar to Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is an end view of a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that the numeral 8 indicates slabs formed from split or sawed logs or other" lumber. The edges ofeach slab are rabbeted as at 9 and the slabs are used as siding material is a de-` on a building, being itioned with their edges adjacent each ot er. Chink stri s 10 are further )rovided andare position the rabbeted edges to close the joints and to form va tight connection with the frame of the building. Said chink strips are secured tothe slabs by nails 11 which are preferably driven into shown and so as to cross each other. The nails pass throu h the chink strips, the slabs, and enter t e frame fof the building, thereby serving Vto hold the siding to the frame. l i

It is obvious that the sidin may be mounted on a building in either Iaiorizontal or a vertical position. In Figs. 1 and 2 the siding is shown in a horizontal position, while in Fig. 3 it is illustrated in a vertical position of use. Furthermore the siding maybe provided with the bark eeled off, or in its natural state with the ark left on the lumber. In Fi 5 the siding is shown with a layer of bar 12 covering the outer surface of the slabs' and the chink stri s. Fig. 5 also illustrates aA slightly modi ed form of the invention in which the rabbeted edges 9 are formed with overlapping tongue and groove portions 13 and 14, thereby forming a very tight joint.

From the foregoing it will be seen that an improved form of siding is provided which is adapted for use in construction work to -give the exterior of a buildin the appearance of being built of logs. A so the siding is of very simple and novel construction andis well adapted for the purpose described;`

What I claim as my invention is:

1. Siding material including boards formed with rounded outer faces, a tongue along each side of each board, said boards being positioned with their adjacent tongues in juxtaposition and a chink strip for each pair of adjacent tongues and positioned so that half of the chlnk strip covers each tongue.

2. .Siding material including boards formed with rounded outer faces and fiat inner faces, a tongue along each side of each board, and a wooden chmk strip formed with a rounded outer face and a flat inner face for each pair of adjacent tongues and positioned on `the same to cover the joint therebetween.

3. Siding material including boards of lplano-convex section having tongues along oth edges and in the plane of the flat surover the material' at an angle as faces, chink strips of plano-convex sectionto cover each pair of adjacent tongues, and means passing through said chink strips and said tongues' to secure the chink strips thereto.

4. Siding material for mounting on uprights, including boards of plano-convex section having tongues along both edges and in the plane of the flat surfaces and posi- Il tioned with the tongues adjacent each other,

THEoDoRE A. BRENNER. 

